GRE_3000_List27

Question 1

verdant

Answer 1

green with vegetation; covered with green growth
[E] verdant fields;
[S] leafy; luxuriant;
[A] infertile; sterile;

Question 2

veritable

Answer 2

being in fact the thing named and not false
[E] a veritable manuscript
[S] authentic; genuine;
[A] bogus; fake

Question 3

vernacular

Answer 3

1 a nonstandard language;
[E] phrases that occur in the common vernacular
[S] argot; cant; dialect;
2 used in or suitable for speech
[E] write essays in a very easy-to-read, vernacular style
[S] conversational;
[A] bookish;

Question 4

vertigo

Answer 4

a dizzy confused state of mind
[E] He had a dreadful attack of vertigo at the top of the tower.
[S] dizziness; giddiness;
[A] sobriety;

Question 5

vestige

Answer 5

the smallest quantity or trace
[E] A few strange words carved on a stone were the only vestige of the lost civilization.
[S] residual;
[P] vestigial;

Question 6

vestigial

Answer 6

having a simple structure and reduced size and function during the evolution of the species
[E] snake that has vestigial limbs
[S] incomplete; rudimentary; undeveloped;
[A] adult; ripe;

Question 7

veto

Answer 7

to forbid or prohibit authoritatively;
[E] The president vetoed the bill.
[S] blackball; disallow;
[A] accredit; approbate;

Question 8

viable

Answer 8

capable of being done
[E] a viable solution to the problem
[S] achievable; attainable; doable;
[A] infeasible;
[P] viability;

Question 9

vicarious

Answer 9

substitute for another
[E] use internet as a vicarious form of social life
[S] surrogate; substitute;
[P] firsthand;

Question 10

vicissitude

Answer 10

natural change or mutation visible in nature or in human affairs.
[E] vicissitude of daily life
[S] fluctuation ; 
[A] uniformity; 
[P] vicissitudinous;

Question 11

vignette

Answer 11

a vivid representation in words of someone or something
[E] The general’s memoirs are filled with revealing vignettes os some of the war’s most compelling personalities.
[S] definition; depiction; portrayal;

Question 12

vilify

Answer 12

to utter slanderous and abusive statements against;
[E] be vilified by the press because of her radical views
[S] asperse; blacken; calumniate; defame;
[A] acclaim; applaud;
[P] vilification;

Question 13

vindictive

Answer 13

disposed to seek revenge
[E] vindictive hatred for his brother
[S] avenging; resentful;
[A] forgiving; merciful; relenting;

Question 14

viscid

Answer 14

having a glutinous consistency
[E] viscid tree resin
[S] adherent; adhesive; clingy;
[A] slick;

Question 15

viscous

Answer 15

viscid
[E] viscous syrup that takes forever to pour from a narrow-neck bottle.
[S] glutinous; syrup;
[A] fluid; watery;

Question 16

vitiate

Answer 16

1 to reduce the value or impair the quality of
[E] Too many grammatical errors can vitiate the soundness of your writing, so double check is recommended before submission.
[S] blemish; deface;
[A] recondition;
2 to debase in moral;
[E] Penchant for coarse language vitiates what is otherwise a refined literary style.
[S] abase; corrupt;
[A] elevated; ennoble;
[P] vitiated;

Question 17

vitriolic

Answer 17

bitterly scathing
[E] vitriolic criticism
[S] acerbic; harsh;
[A] nonabrasive;
[P] vitriol

Question 18

volition

Answer 18

the act or power of making one’s own choice or decisions
[E] beyond his volition or control
[S] choice; decision;
[A] coercion; duress;

Question 19

voluptuous

Answer 19

given to or spent in enjoyments of luxury, pleasure, or sensual gratifications
[E] They spent a long and voluptuous holiday in Venice;
[S] carnal; epicurean; luscious; lush;
[A] ascetic; spartan;
[P] voluptuary

Question 20

votary

Answer 20

a person who is fervently devoted, as to a leader or ideal; a faithful follower
[E] votaries of the religious leader
[S] acolyte; devotee;
[A] bellwether; apostate;

Question 21

vouch

Answer 21

to declare to be true
[E] willing to vouch for her integrity
[S] attest; avouch; warrant;

Question 22

waffle

Answer 22

to talk or write foolishly
[E] The lecturer could waffle on for hours
[S] babble; blather; drivel; gabble; prattle;
[A] articulate;

Question 23

waft

Answer 23

to float easily and gently
[E] Heavenly aromas wafted form the kitchen.
[S] buoy; drift; hang;
[A] flounder; sink;

Question 24

wag

Answer 24

1 a humorous or droll person
[E] Some wag wrote a droll satire on the scandal.
[S] comedian; comic; droll;
2 to move to and fro or up and down
[E] The dog waged its tails
[S] swish; switch; waggle;

Question 25

wane

Answer 25

``` to decrease in size [E] The moon wanes and waxes. [S] ebb; moderate; [A] burgeon ; escalate; wax; [P] waning; ```

Question 26

warmonger

Answer 26

one who urges or attempts to stir up war [E] Fortunately, the warmongers met with overwhelming opposition. [S] belligerent; hawk; jingoist; [A] dove; pacifist;

Question 27

warp

Answer 27

1 to turn from a correct or proper course [S] avert; deflect; divert; [A] straighten; 2 to twist out of a natural or normal shape or condition [E] The heat caused the wood to warp. [S] deform; misshape;screw; torture; [P] warped; 3 to change so much as to create a wrong impression or later the meaning of [E] The faculty English translation really warps the meaning of original Chinese context. [S] distort; falsify; twist; [A] clarify;

Question 28

wastrel

Answer 28

one who expends foolishly and self-indulgently [E] He ended up being a wastrel and a drunkard; [S] fritterer; profligate; [A] economizer;

Question 29

waylay

Answer 29

to lie in wait for or attack from ambush [E] Unsuspecting tourists are often waylaid by gangs. [S] ambush; assault; lurk;

Question 30

welter

Answer 30

a state of wild disorder [E] There was a swelter of pushing and shoving [S] disturbance; furor; [A] tranquility; order;

Question 31

wheedle

Answer 31

to persuade or attempt to persuade by guile [E] She pleaded and wheedled, but I would not be swayed. [S] adulate; [A] coerce; oblige;

Question 32

whet

Answer 32

to sharping or rubbing on or with something [E] whet the dagger with the grindstone [S] edge; grind; hone; strop [A] blunt;

Question 33

whiff

Answer 33

1 a quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray [E] A whiff of fresh air reinvigorated him. [S] puff; [A] blast; 2 an almost imperceptible sign of something [E] Humanity is unregenerable and hates the language of conformity, since conformity has a whiff of the inhuman about it. [S] flicker ; glimmer;

Question 34

wince

Answer 34

shrink back from pain [E] wince at the horrible corpses [S] blench; quail ; quiver; [A] confront; face;

Question 35

windbag

Answer 35

an exhaustively talkative person [E] With a windbag like that, who needs a wind farm to meet our energy needs? [S] babbler; gabbler;

Question 36

wizen

Answer 36

``` 1 to become dry shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality [S] dry; mummify; shrivel; wither [A] revive; 2 dried up [S] faded; [A] blooming; ```

Question 37

wobble

Answer 37

to move or proceed with an irregular rocking or staggering motion or unsteadily and clumsy from side to side [E] The drunk stood up, wobbled and fell forward. [S] rock; totter ; [A] stabilize;

Question 38

wrangle

Answer 38

1 an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions [E] There was a bit of a wrangle over how much money to give the high school for its sports programs [S] altercation; dispute; [A] harmony; 2 to quarrel angrily [E] Local residents wrangled for hours about property taxes. [S] altercate; bicker; [A] wrangler;

Question 39

wry

Answer 39

``` 1 abnormally twisted [E] a wry smile [S] bending ; crooked; [A] common; normal; 2 stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles; [S] headstrong; obstinate; [A] compliant; flexible; ```

Question 40

xenophobe

Answer 40

one unduly fearful of what is foreign and especially of people of foreign origin [E] But from what I know, no way could this thoroughly US-educated woman be a xenophobe. [A] xenomania; [P] xenophobia;

Question 41

yokel

Answer 41

a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town [E] a lame comedy about the misadventures of yokels in the big city. [S] bucolic; bumpkin; [A] cosmopolitan;

Question 42

zenith

Answer 42

culminating point [E] at the zenith of his power [S] acme; apex; apogee; climax; crescendo; crest; [A] nadir;

Question 43

zesty

Answer 43

appealingly piquant or lively [E] a zesty sauce [S] peppery ; piquant; pungent; salty; spicy; [A] bland; insipid; vapid;zestless;

Question 44

veracious

Answer 44

1 being in the habit of telling the truth [E] He has a reputation for being very veracious, so people generally take his word for things. [S] honest; [A] prevaricating; 2 precise; accurate; [E] a novel that presents a fairly veracious and unvarnished picture of the lives of affluent suburbanites. [S] accurate; [A] false; improper;